Photos of the most bizarre cacti and succulents we saw at Cactus Con 2021
The 35th Inter-City Succulent and Cactus Show and Sale made up for a lost year this past weekend, with crowds of cactus-crazy people ogling the exhibits of 1,300 strange and wonderful plants and buying up a storm from the vendors.
The Arboretum, Arcadia, CA —
The 35th Inter-City Succulent and Cactus Show and Sale made up for a lost year this past weekend, with crowds of cactus-crazy people ogling the exhibits of 1,300 strange and wonderful plants and buying up a storm from the vendors. Here, we bring you some of the top competitors, and some of their growing secrets.
Jeanette Marantos is a Features reporter focused primarily on plants, gardening and Southern California’s changing landscapes for the Los Angeles Times. She also writes the monthly L.A. Times Plants newsletter, which includes a calendar of upcoming plant-related events. Email calendar submissions or plant-related story ideas to jeanette.marantos@latimes.com for consideration.